Category Archives: Wheelchair News

There are many reasons not to panic about Ebola. Medical experts have declared the chance of a mass outbreak in the US is negligible, often vastly overstated by politicians and media sensationalism. But if you work at one of the international airports charged with conducting the government’s new Ebola screening program, while you may not have reason […]

A 20-year-old summer intern at chip giant Intel has created an internet-connected wheelchair. The wheelchair collects data to gather information to flag emergencies – for example when a user has slumped forward. It can also monitor that the chair itself is functioning properly. The robotics student, Tim Balz, actually secured a patent for a similar […]

    Tracy Morgan was seen Wednesday afternoon being wheeled into a New York City hospital … and TMZ has learned he might not be ditching the chair anytime soon.   Morgan is still recovering from the horrific car crash back in June when a Walmart truck collided with his van. Sources close to Tracy tell […]

Uber, the ride-sharing company that matches riders with drivers by smart-phone app, will now provide connections to wheelchair-accessible vehicles in Philadelphia, Uber said Monday. Uber has contracted with licensed paratransit drivers who have accessible vehicles, and customers can begin using the service immediately, Uber spokesman Taylor Bennett said Monday. The announcement comes one day before […]

Rice University students have built a unique wheelchair for a Houston teenager who will now be able to row his way forward. Pedro, 15, a patient at Shriners Hospital for Children, Houston, has had arthrogryposis since birth. This congenital disorder causes severe limitation of movement in all of his joints. But Pedro’s path can be […]

  A man in a wheelchair was killed by a hit-and-run driver on a street in Fullerton. This is roughly five months after the victim was struck in nearly the same location, police said Tuesday.     The man’s wheelchair is seen on a street in Fullerton after he was fatally struck by a hit-and-run […]

  Police in Connecticut are searching for man who robbed a jewelry store while pretending to be wheelchair-bound over the weekend. The incident happened at the Samford Town Center mall on Saturday.   Authorities say the suspect propelled himself into the Sidney Thomas Jewelry Store started looking at Rolex watches. He then slipped one onto […]

The state’s attorney general has filed criminal fraud charges against a wheelchair company. This company allegedly bought chairs from Craigslist.com and threw on a fresh layer of paint. They then sold them as new to customers.   Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson has charged Wheelchairs Plus Inc. of Thurston County with first-degree theft and […]

  The iconic white-and-blue sign marking wheelchair accessibility will soon be getting a makeover in New York.   Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday signed a bill into law requiring future wheelchair-accessible signs to depict a wheelchair in motion, rather than the sedentary stick-figure image that has marked parking spots and ramps for decades.   The […]

Neymar got emotional when talking about the injury that ruled him out of the World Cup. He stated if the knee to his back had been just to the side he “could be in a wheelchair” right now.   The Brazil striker cried as he recalled the injury on Thursday. He had to stop talking […]